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CVE-2008-1686

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1686 describes an array index vulnerability in Speex 1.1.12 and earlier, affecting products like libfishsound 0.9.0 and xine-lib. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted header with a negative offset, leading to dereferencing of a function pointer. While the FAUCET Risk Score is high at 82/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:0.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.99CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0649 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: speex-0:1.0.4-4.el4_6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: speex-0:1.0.5-4.el5_1.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1686Important

libfishsound: insufficient boundary checks

Apr 10, 2008

References

blog.kfish.org / 2008/04/release-libfishsound-091.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
lists.xiph.org / pipermail/speex-dev/2008-April/006636.html
secunia.com / advisories/29672
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29727
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29835
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29845
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29854
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29866
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29878
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29880
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29881
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29882
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29898
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30104
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30117
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30119
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30337
secunia.com / advisories/30353
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30358
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30581
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30717
secunia.com / advisories/31393
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-17.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41684
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10026
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00244.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00287.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00357.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1584
Patch
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1585
Patch
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1586
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
metadecks.org / software/sweep/news.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
ocert.org / advisories/ocert-2008-004.html
ocert.org / advisories/ocert-2008-2.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0235.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/491009/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28665
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-611-1
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-611-2
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-611-3
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-635-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1187/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1228/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1268/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1269/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1300/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1301/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1302/references